Chapter 334
2021-01-06
Chapter 334 Exploding soldiers or climbing technologyIgor is not free now, he is very busy.
Enough is enough, Arya is annoying oneself, he can't afford to offend and can only avoid it because they are so close to each other that he doesn't even know where to start. But Yara Grejoy, the enemy who fought on the battlefield, the public enemy of North, also ran to oneself to mention this and that, what's the matter?
Maybe she's just too full?
Igor secretly slandered and reflected on oneself's policy of preferential treatment of prisoners. While walking, he listened to the narration of the guards who stayed behind in Queenscrown, and quickly understood what Asha said in the last sentence.
Since the key plot of the Battle of the Five Kings turned into a five-nation siege of the Westerlands due to the intervention of oneself, Robb did not encounter resistance on the battlefield in this timeline, and did not send Theon back to the Iron Islands. Ask for help. This means that Theon was still a hostage in the North Army when the Iron Islands rebelled for the first time - this shows that he was abandoning his safety and even wanted to use House Stark's hands to get rid of him as the first-in-line heir.
Who would have thought the ending would be so embarrassing, the father Balon Greyjoy died at home and ended up clean, but one of the siblings was clothed in black cloth, and the other became a prisoner. Shuang Shuang was placed in Queenscrown.
We haven't seen each other in nine years, but we meet again in this situation. Looking up but not looking down, after the initial embarrassing period passed, Theon began to complain and criticize. At first, it was just a few grumbles, but Asha is also a tough temperament who will not accept soft apologies. And dissatisfaction with the status quo rises in the mind, and it develops into a quarrel without any suspense. During the time that Igor was gone, the Kraken siblings had only two quarrels in public that attracted onlookers, and the whole Queenscrown knew about the contradiction between them.
Compared to this, James Lannister and the blond wildling princess' "female sex", Joffrey and his schoolmates are not big news .
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Igor holds the forehead, all kinds of living treasures gather together will be the end, while Queenscrown is developing rapidly and prosperously, it also staged the first chaos in history—— But he doesn't have time to be a mediator.
"Wait." After walking a few more steps, the dive light flashed in his mind, and he found a blind spot: "How could it be so coincidental that I ran into Yara Grejoy as soon as I entered the door of Queenscrown? It must be someone who revealed to her the news of my trip back to Queenscrown today!"
The subordinates who followed Igor's face froze, knowing that someone was going to be unlucky, how dare they answer?
The staff of the logistics department are almost all young men from the south, and most of them are single... Although Queenscrown is no longer a state of only men, the gender ratio is still imbalanced. Although Yara Grejoy is not a stunning beauty, compared to the wildlings from beyond the wall and the clan women who grew up in the mountains, she can definitely be regarded as a great beauty.
If she is willing to sacrifice her color and look like a jailer, she can't hold back, she will naturally answer any questions she has, without hiding anything.
In the small case, it's just a lack of vigilance after getting along for a long time, but in the big case, it's zz's mistake and collaborating with the enemy! Today, Asha just wanted to ask oneself to understand, if she wanted to run away or assassinate oneself another day, if she was willing to show the determination of "anything can be done", among those young men who are full of vigor, will there be anyone who will be used by her as a young man? Fell in love with her body, and even her true feelings are dead set on her?
The land grants brought by oneself are all good young men, but Igor dare not say: all of them can be as strict as oneself and control their lower body.
After all, they are just working men, and their thoughts are different from oneself - Igor oneself was also the "exploited" under the Boss before crossing, and experienced this unavoidable mentality.
"Tell me the word to Yam, and let him find out the jailer who leaked my return date to Yara Grejoy, and then he will be removed from his post. Conditions, it is better to recruit a few strong women from the mountain clan to take charge."
"Yes, my lord."
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At present, the enemy, why are there more and more persecutions? Igor was displeased, but understood that this was the psychological effect of oneself - in fact, there have been a lot of forcing things, but oneself has kept them in a backlog and hasn't dealt with them, and now it's just starting to explode.
Shaking his head and throwing the distracting thoughts behind him, he walked with a group of guards to the small lake behind the castle.
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Climbing the technology tree first or detonating troops first, this is an eternal topic that cannot be avoided in strategy games, and Igor is now facing this choice.
When playing games, he likes to pick a low difficulty level, then hide in a corner of the map and develop comfortably, waiting for the most powerful armies to be pushed out again - the food force is only Have some fun with this process.
Emotionally speaking, he really wants to bring out the ultimate killer, the long-range artillery, before he goes to the battlefield and pushes all the bulls and ghosts. It's a pity that the enemy is not a low-level computer AI: whether it is Iron Fleet, who is harassing the North West Coast, or the dead army who will attack the south at any time, they all have the initiative in the battlefield - when to go to war, they have the final say.
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The good news is that the Thenn tribe who moved in beyond the wall have experience in smelting bronze, and they also know how to distinguish tin mines, and they have searched and explored in a large number of tribes Later, mineable tin mines have been found in the mountains of the land grant - which means that the land grant will have the ability to produce bronze immediately.
But the bad news is that although the profession is related to metal, Igor's connection between bronze and artillery is limited to the level of "bronze can cast guns". What is the ratio of tin copper and some other metals in bronze, how strong the impurity content is reduced to be enough for launching, how to make the mold for casting, how to ensure the accuracy and safety of formidable power... as a fine division of labor structure in modern society Next member, he doesn't know at all.
As a science and engineering student, Igor personally led the team to carry out scientific research and the effect is definitely better than anyone else. Unfortunately, as the leader of the land grant and Night's Watch Legion, he did not have the energy and energy. Time is hands-on, and we can only let the technicians in this world figure it out by themselves after pointing out the general direction, and occasionally monitor the progress.
In order to avoid the bad situation that the enemy has not yet made any preparations, Igor's military policy can be summed up in one sentence: while exploding troops, climbing technology, and developing in a balanced way.
As far as the details are concerned, for the time being, we do not consider fire-type thermal weapons like guns, and give priority to creating explosive weapons. In delivery, we use ready-made light trebuchets and ballistas to undertake the mission— It is conceivable that even if the artillery is successfully developed, there is still a long section of the road to go in order to achieve formidable power, range and accuracy to meet actual combat, and the two looming battles cannot wait for anyone.
He gave the military industry two mission goals: developing incendiary weapons for Ironmen wooden warships and massive ghoul tides, and Dragonglass bombs specifically for Others.
In the previous item, the Pyromancers gave Igor two options: the Firebow and the Incendiary.
The fire-breathing crossbow, the world has ready-made devices, similar- no, it should be said that the prototype of the modern flamethrower. The air flow is formed by blowing by a manual air pump, the liquid is pressed out of the pipe, and the nozzle is ignited to form a jet of flame.
Needless to say the advantages, but several disadvantages seriously hinder its practical use: First, it requires a complete set of equipment, the weight and space are not small, and the current industrial level of land grants cannot be manufactured 2. What it needs to spray is fluid. Igor's legacy Wildfire, which was shipped from King's Landing at the expense of formidable power in exchange for safety, is nearly solid after processing. The fire-breathing crossbow either uses the newly produced liquid Wildfire, or uses ordinary kerosene - the former is rare, precious and dangerous, while the latter has insufficient formidable power; 3. The range is too short: the attack distance of less than ten meters is not enough for city defense. , If it is used in naval battles, when Ironmen's warship is set on fire, the other side has already collided. The North Navy would definitely be at a huge disadvantage in battleship numbers in the war with the Iron Islands, and could not fight this kind of war of attrition.
In short, after some measure, Pyromancer's assistants suggested the latter option: incendiary bombs. This is not as complicated as the fire-breathing crossbow. Put the combustibles in a container and prepare the means of ignition. Whether it is ambush with a mine, or a hand throw to attack a close-range target, or even a trebuchet to attack a distant... Only Unexpected, not realized.
The most critical point is: making incendiary bombs, passivated Wildfires are also fine, the large amount accumulated by Targaryen Dynasty can burn the entire Iron Fleet to the ground.
"There are two schemes for incendiary bombs, one is the fuse method, ignite the lead, and it will explode after burning; the other is the impact ignition method, which is added in the outermost shell of the incendiary bomb. Some vials and jars containing substances that would react and exothermic when ruptured—eventually igniting Wildfire," said a technician who spent the day with the Pyromancers, "considering that it might be used for long-range attacks between ships in naval warfare. , the latter solution is more reliable..."
Igor did not come to hear the thesis defense, he waved his hand: "Which is better, you can decide for yourself, I only need the finished product. What about the Dragonglass bomb? ?"
"Is it halfway through the research and development... Sir, you told us the ratio of gunpowder, but after doing some comparative tests, we found that it may be because of impurities in the raw materials, but it is not The optimal ratio. So we took some time to do a control experiment to summarize the ratio of the maximum formidable power and the grinding and stirring process. Then there is the structural problem of the bomb, to ensure that a large number of obsidian fragments are generated when it explodes to all. Around splashes, we adopted a multi-layer wrapping structure, with gunpowder at the innermost and obsidian fragments at the outer..."
"Don't tell me the details, just tell me the results."
" It's done, but you can't test it around Queenscrown, so I haven't tried it once." Probably not being able to show the results in detail in front of the leader made Chief-In-Charge a little uncomfortable, and he held his hands for a while before continuing to report. : "But even if it is successful, there is still another problem - the explosion requires a closed environment, and the packaging we use now is a clay pot. Unless the adults are planning to set traps to lead Others to a specific location and then end up in a pot, otherwise, it must be Long-range throwing should be considered—the clay pot will break when it hits the ground, and after the gunpowder spills, it can only burn, and cannot form an explosion."
Igor nods: "so that's how it is, I will tell you to go on, Let the relevant departments get you suitable wood or metal cans as soon as possible, and which one is more suitable will be decided after your experiment."
"Thank you, sir."
The military industry did not bring any surprises to Igor, but he was satisfied with the progress of everything. The reason why the test explosion was not allowed in Queenscrown is because there are many people here, especially the observers sent by the Iron Vault... But now, it is time to find a place for these people to carry out the next crucial practice.
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(end of this chapter)